AIX

I think I've done all that is necessary to configure an account to administer a non-administrative group, but it doesn't work. One thing is strang is that when I log in as root, the group attributes in SMIT are like this:

Group NAME [staff]
Group ID [1] #
ADMINISTRATIVE group? false +
USER list [smaher,invscout,snapp,> +
ADMINISTRATOR list [kdavis,smaher] +

When I log as the user I want to be an administrator, the same group has different attributes in SMIT. How is that possible?

Group NAME [staff]
Group ID [1] #
ADMINISTRATIVE group? true +
USER list [smaher,invscout,snapp,> +
ADMINISTRATOR list []

hello - could you please paste your passwd file (/etc/passwd) - logged in as administrator (aka root)

Is that wise?

The /etc/group might actually be more appropriate.

I found the problem. The admin users were not in the security group. What I still don't understand is how the staff group had different attributes to the admin users that were not in the security group. How the heck is that possible?